Phaedo

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Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue
philosophical work
author Plato
containsArgument affinity argument
argument from opposites
argument from recollection
final argument from forms
describesEvent execution of Socrates
final hours of Socrates
dialogueStyle dramatic
narrated in retrospect
featuresCharacter Cebes of Thebes
Echecrates
Phaedo of Elis
linked to: Phaedo

Simmias of Thebes
Socrates
focusesOn definition of death
philosopher’s attitude toward death
purification of the soul
genre Socratic dialogue
includesMyth myth of the afterlife
includesScene Socrates drinking hemlock
influenced Christian philosophy
Neoplatonism
early modern philosophy
language Ancient Greek
mainTheme afterlife
death
forms
immortality of the soul
nature of the soul
philosophy as preparation for death
virtue
narratedTo Echecrates
narrativeFrameLocation Phlius
narrator Phaedo of Elis
partOf Platonic corpus
linked to: Timaeus
period Middle dialogues of Plato
philosophicalMethod dialectic
philosophicalPosition body and soul are distinct
soul is immortal
true knowledge is of the Forms
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy
relatedWork Apology
Crito
Euthyphro
settingCity Athens
settingLocation Athenian prison

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The Death of Socrates basedOn Phaedo
Socrates associatedWith Plato's dialogues
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Socrates portrayedIn Plato's Phaedo
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Plato notableWork Phaedo
Crito appearsIn "Phaedo" by Plato
linked to: Phaedo
Crito sourceForLifeOfSocrates Plato's "Phaedo"
linked to: Phaedo
Phaedo featuresCharacter Phaedo of Elis
linked to: Phaedo
Platonism associatedWork Plato's Phaedo
linked to: Phaedo
Apology relatedWork Phaedo
Critobulus mentionedIn Plato's Phaedo
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Meno relatedWork Phaedo
Κρίτων relatedWork Phaedo
Moses Mendelssohn notableWork Phädon oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
linked to: Phaedo
Phaedo of Elis knownAs Phaedo
Anytus portrayedInWork Plato's Phaedo
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Echecrates mentionedIn Phaedo
Echecrates dialogueWith Phaedo
Trial of Socrates hasPrimarySource Plato's Phaedo
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Trial of Socrates hasRelatedWork Plato's Phaedo
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Phädon originalTitle Phädon, oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
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Phädon inspiredBy Phaedo
Phädon relatedWork Phaedo
Simmias of Thebes mentionedIn Plato's Phaedo
linked to: Phaedo
Μενέξενoς appearsIn Phaedo (Plato)
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Συμπόσιον relatedWorkByAuthor Φαίδων (Phaedo)
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Cerberus mentionedIn Phaedo by Plato
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River Phlegethon mentionedIn Plato's "Phaedo"
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Stephanus pagination citesWork Plato's Phaedo
linked to: Phaedo
Mendelssohns "Phaedon" originalTitle Phaedon oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
linked to: Phaedo
Mendelssohns "Phaedon" influencedBy Plato's "Phaedo"
linked to: Phaedo
Mendelssohns "Phaedon" alsoKnownAs Phaedon: On the Immortality of the Soul
linked to: Phaedo
Mendelssohns "Phaedon" relatedWork Plato's "Phaedo"
linked to: Phaedo
Plato's Meno relatedWork Plato's Phaedo
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Apollodorus of Phaleron knownFromWork Plato's Phaedo
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Apollodorus of Phaleron appearsIn Phaedo (dialogue)
linked to: Phaedo